What is cost of surge in hoax bomb threats?

Since the bombings at the Boston Marathon, Central Florida has seen a surge in the number of fake bomb threats and suspicious packages.

Every call drains resources, and has authorities scrambling to use the latest technology to keep locals safe. That comes with a heavy price.

On April 23 in Orange County, 200 people were evacuated from more than two-dozen businesses near Waterford Lakes Town Center, Victoria Place apartments and a day care center after four suspicious devices were called-in.

That same week in Volusia County, a half-dozen threats and suspicious devices reported at supermarkets and a bank inside the Raymond James Building prompted dozens of people to evacuate.

Another hoax prompted more evacuations at a Daytona Beach motel. Then a suitcase in front of a psychic shop led to more fear from locals before it was deemed harmless.

“(It’s) very upsetting to us to have to spend these type of resources, but it’s a necessary evil and until we can catch some of these people that are making these threats, we're just going to have to live with this,” Daytona Beach Shores Police Chief Stephen Dembinsky said.

Sometimes they are caught. Laticia Ann Vester was arrested after police officers said she prompted the evacuation of hundreds from an electronics store with a bogus call to 911.

The FBI reports less than 5 percent of all threats are real, but the agency claims that the cost of investigating and destroying suspicious devices is costing taxpayers millions each year.

In the nine-county Central Florida region, there were 13 bomb squad calls between Jan. 1 and April 15.

In just the past three weeks since the Boston bombings, local bomb squads were called on 23 times.

To handle them, they're spending tax dollars on equipment like robots that cost between $100,000 and $300,000.

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